futhark – Pendant and Ring

April 11, 2019April 10, 2019

Runes: An Alphabet. Coming Soon to Pendant and Ring!

Runes are the individual letters in an old Norse alphabet called the Futhark. The modern English Alphabet is named after the Greek names for its first two letters Alpha and Beta. Likewise, the Futhark is named after its first six letters; f, u, th, a, r, and k. There are a few different versions of …

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March 27, 2019March 26, 2019

Fehu Rune Charm and Necklace

This is the first letter of the runic alphabet. After the Futhark fell into disuse this, and all the Futhark characters were named. In each runic alphabet, this symbol is now called fehu, pronounced something like fay-who. We hammered, smoothed, and polished the sterling silver disk in the workshop, then stamped and colored the rune …

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